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Monday, July 27, 2015

Happy release day to Gabriel, the fourth and final book in Patricia Josephine's Path of Angels series! I've read and loved all four of these books and highly recommend them. Patricia is here today to talk about writing a polyamorous relationship in Gabriel's book. This story was an epic conclusion to a fantastic series, and Gabe's relationship was one of my favourite aspects of the book. I'd never read a polyamorous relationship before, and I think Patricia did a great job.

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Polyamory by Patricia Josephine

Out of all the relationships in the series, Gabriel having two love
interests was a bit scary to write. I’ve read a few stories with
multiple partners, but they were considered ménage. It was more about
“Woohoo! Threesome!” I did have a scene where I kind of went that way,
but that sex got cut. I wasn’t fond of it because I wasn’t sure how to
write three people being intimate. Plus, I didn’t want it to seem like
they were only together because of sex.

Early on, I knew
Gabriel was poly. He always saw himself with more than one person. Of
course, being the stubborn guy he is, he didn’t want that known. Part of
his journey was accepting his path and accepting himself. I think I
grappled with that as much as he did. I’m still not sure how the
relationship will be received. I wasn’t attempting to be shocking or out
there. It’s just how the story turned out for me.

I
think that’s why the sex scene needed to go. That made the relationship
too cliché, too much like a shallow sex scene. I do actually know
someone in a polyamory relationship. It felt like I was disrespecting
that person and their partners by reducing Gabriel to sex. Who am I to
judge others?

To
stop Uriel from freeing Lucifer, Gabriel and his brothers must fall and
go to Hell. It is a sacrifice Gabriel is not entirely ready to make.
Will he fight alongside his brothers or forge his own path? There is
only one choice.

Alexander
doesn’t want to help Uriel nor does he trust him, but the angel has
promised him a better life. He swore to protect Charlie, and he’ll do
whatever it takes. When he meets the archangels and learns the depth of
Uriel’s lies, he understands the true meaning of sacrifice. If there’s
any hope of stopping Lucifer from being freed, Alexander, Charlie,
Zephyr and Lake will have to get to Hell and help Gabriel and his
brothers in the fight against Uriel.

The path is finally ending, but the price may be too high.

Patricia
Josephine never set out to become a writer. In fact, she never
considered it an option during high school and college. She was all
about art. On a whim, she wrote down a story bouncing in her head. That
was the start of it and she hasn't regretted a moment. She writes young
adult under the name Patricia Lynne.

Patricia
lives with her husband in Michigan, hopes one day to have what will
resemble a small petting zoo, has a fondness for dying her hair the
colors of the rainbow, and an obsession with Doctor Who.

Have you read any of the books in the Path of Angels series? What did you think? If you haven't, do you plan to? Have you ever read a book with a polyamorous relationship? Let's chat here or on Twitter!

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